Energy Tech grants in Germany
Explore Energy Tech grants for companies in Germany. This list brings together funding for renewables, storage, grids, hydrogen, nuclear and energy efficiency from German innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, EU and international programs open to applicants in Germany, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Energy Tech in Germany come first.
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Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand, ZIM)
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Funds German small and medium-sized enterprises and networks with collaborative innovation grants.
Eureka Network Projects — Germany-Israel
🇩🇪EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Supports Germany and Israel teams through Eureka Network Projects, enabling paired research groups to solve shared technology needs.
KMU-innovativ: Materialforschung (ProMat_KMU)
🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany
Funds German material-science R&D, covering 50% up to 100% of costs.
SPRIND Equity Investments & Convertible Loans
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Invests in German deep-tech ventures through shared-equity support with private co-financing and downside risk share.
KfW Umweltprogramm
🇩🇪KfW · Germany
Supports German companies with subsidised loans for environmental protection, climate action, circular economy, biodiversity, and resource efficiency upgrades.
Asia-Pacific Kick-Start
🇩🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds Kick-start studies that bring space-enabled services to the Asia-Pacific region.
Bilateral Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Greece and Germany
🇬🇷GSRI · Greece
Invests Bilateral Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Greece and Germany for practical innovation and measurable results.
SIGMA Sub-objective 4: Bilateral cooperation — 16th
🇨🇿TA CR · Czechia
Funds Czech and partner organizations for bilateral innovation projects in strategic sectors including energy.
EIC Pathfinder Challenge: Advanced Materials for Miniaturised Energy Harvesting Systems
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports developing advanced materials for miniaturised energy harvesters to power IoT and sensor networks autonomously.
EIC Pathfinder Challenges
🇮🇱ISERD · Israel
Funds breakthrough research teams tackling bold technology questions from concept through proof-of-concept under the European Innovation Council framework.
EIC Pathfinder Challenges
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Funds European consortia developing breakthrough solutions across AI, climate, energy, materials, medical, and quantum fields.
EIC Accelerator Challenge: Advanced Materials for Renewable Energy and Energy Storage Systems
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports scaling advanced materials for EU strategic autonomy in energy generation and storage.
EIC Accelerator Challenge: Alternative Concepts and Key Enabling Technologies for Fusion Power Plants
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports European startups developing enabling technologies for alternative fusion power plant concepts.
EIC Accelerator Challenges
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Funds strategic deep-tech challenge projects in materials, energy, biotechnology, and climate innovation.
Interregional Innovation Investments Strand 1
🇪🇺EISMEA · European Union
Connects research teams and institutions for Interregional Innovation Investments Strand in manufacturing, materials science, and agriculture innovation.
Interregional Innovation Investments Strand 2a
🇪🇺EISMEA · European Union
Funds EISMEA Interregional Innovation Investments for small and medium-sized enterprises in developing European regions through cross-border transfer and capability building.
MSCA Doctoral Networks (HORIZON-MSCA-DN)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds European doctoral networks enabling multi-country training in life and engineering sciences.
Horizon Energy: AI Foundation Models for Grid Data
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds three €10M projects that pool energy data and train AI foundation models on it, tested in lab demonstrators and real-life pilots.
Horizon Energy: Biofuel-to-CHP Demonstration
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds two €6.75M demonstrations that turn regional biomass residues into solid biofuel and burn it in a 10-30 MWe combined heat and power plant.
Horizon Geothermal: Deep Reservoir Assessment
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds four €4.5M projects that develop methods to find and assess deep, low-permeability geothermal reservoirs between 2,000 and 6,000 metres.
Horizon PCP: De-Risking Renewable Fuel Value Chains
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a public buyers' group, not R&D suppliers, to run a €40M tender that de-risks renewable jet and shipping fuel production.
Horizon Solar: Agri & Offshore PV System Design
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds four €7.5M pilots — at least two pairing solar with farming, at least two offshore or nearshore, one track per proposal.
Innowwide — Next
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Offers market-feasibility support for small companies exploring non-European markets through Europe-wide innovation networks.
EIC Accelerator — Short Proposal
🇮🇱ISERD · Israel
Supports small and medium firms in early-stage deep technologies through public proposals and commercialization mentoring.